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- Alexander C L Holden and Neil L Holden.
- Dent Update. 2014 Jan 1; 41 (1): 46-8.
UnlabelledThe different ways that clinicians perceive adult patients with dental phobia is varied and diverse. From treating the dental phobia as a separate illness to dismissing it as a neurosis, sometimes little consequence is attached to its existence. True dental phobia is classed as a psychological illness and therefore comes under the remit and guidance of the Mental Capacity Act 2005. Failure to assess the impact of dental phobia upon an individual's capacity to consent could lead to allegations of negligence or even assault.Clinical RelevanceThis paper highlights the importance of considering the capacity to consent of some of the most vulnerable dental
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